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LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A NEW ONE.
IT IS A BAD SPOT.
LET US KNOW IF IT TURNS OUT TO
BE A BIG ONE.
THE QUICK RESPONSE IN HELPING
PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE AREA
SAFELY.
INDIANAPOLIS MAYOR GREG BALLARD
WENT TO THE SYSTEM WHEN HE GOT
WORD OF THE BLAST AS WELL.
THEY HAVE BEEN BUSY DEALING WITH
THE AFTERMATH.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT NIGHT WHAT HAPPENED SINCE
AND WHERE THINGS STAND IN TERMS
OF THE STAYS INVOLVEMENT IN ALL
OF THIS?
WE SAW POLICE AND
FIREFIGHTERS AND JOHNSON COUNTY
FOLKS COME UP EVERYBODY WORKED
TOGETHER TO GET THAT.
I WAS ABLE TO WALK OVER THERE
WHILE SOME OF THE FIRE WAS STILL
GOING ON.
IT WAS CLEAR THEY WERE DEDICATED
AND FOCUSED.
THEY STEPPED UP TO MAKE SURE THE
PEOPLE IN THOSE HOUSES THEY
CAN'T GET BACK INTO RIGHT NOW
ARE BEING KEPT WARM AND IT HAS
BEEN TREMENDOUS.
PLUS THE CITIZENS ITSELF.
SUPPLY STARTED COMING IN WITHIN
HOURS OF THE EXPLOSION.
IT WAS AN AMAZING THING.
PEOPLE DOWN THERE GRAVE
ANSWERS.
MAYBE AN ANSWER.
WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
ARE WE ANY CLOSER TO FINDING AN
ANSWER TO THAT?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW URGENT
PEOPLE FEEL?
I WAS DOWN THERE A COUPLE
DAYS AGO.
I AM TELLING THE FOLKS DOWN
THERE THE INVESTIGATORS GO
ALONG.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY ARE GREAT FOLKS.
I TALKED TO A LOT OF THEM DOWN
THERE.
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING
ON.
BEST THING I CAN DO IS KEEP THEM
INFORMED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T
HAVE AN ACTION IN THAT REGARD.
PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR A FEW
DAYS ON THE JOB WHEN THIS
HAPPENED.
AFTE
AN IMMEDIATE INTRODUCTION TO HOW
IT WORKS.
HE WAS DOWN THERE.
HE LIVES IN THE AREA.
HE WAS THERE THAT NIGHT WITH ME
ALSO AT THE RIVER FEST.
BUT I THINK HE'S A LITTLE BIT I
GUESS NOT SURPRISED NECESSARILY
BUT HE'S VERY PLEASED WITH THE
RESPONSE.
HE SAID IT WAS SOMETHING HE HAD
NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
SO MANY PEOPLE CAME DOWN SO FAST
SO MANY FIRST RESPONDERS CAME
DOWN THEY WERE WATCHING TV AND
THEY GOT IN THERE.
CITIZENS CAME UP AND TRIED TO
HELP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THE JOB CERTAINLY WILL NOT
SLOW DOWN HERE.
THIS DAYBREAK WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS MASS TRANSIT
OPPORTUNITY IF YOU WILL AND
SUPPORTERS OF EXPANDING THINGS
SEEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
A LOT HAS TO DO WITH THE MAKE
OUT OF WHAT IS COMING IN.
IS IT TOO SOON TO KNOW?
THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD ENERGY
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT SORT OF
THING.
THERE ARE THE MIXES IN THERE BUT
IT'S ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS BEING
COMPETITIVE.
IF WE ARE GOING TO DRAW IN THE
YOUNG FAMILIES.
IT IS PART OF THE AMENITIES
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.
SOME OLDER PEOPLE MAY NOT
UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CREATE
THAT KIND OF CITY PEOPLE WANT TO
LIVE IN.
ALSO SENIOR CITIZENS.
THEY HAVE ENHANCED THEIR
MOBILITY.